Best Sublime Text alternatives for Mac
Sublime Text is a paid app in Developer tools. We found 16 Mac apps that cover the same ground. Of those, 5 are completely free, 7 are free to start and 5 are open source. Raycast leads on overlap and community votes, followed by iTerm2 and Ghostty.
The app you want to replace
Sublime Text
Fast text editor for code and prose
$99 · Developer tools
16 alternatives to Sublime Text
How we picked: every app here shares at least one category with Sublime Text. Apps that also share features rank higher, and community upvotes break ties. Price and licence never buy a better spot. How we rank apps
- 1Hot
Raycast
A faster launcher with superpowers
140Free + in-appDeveloper tools- Also in Developer tools
- Keyboard-driven
- Free to start
- 2
iTerm2
Terminal replacement for macOS
38FreeDeveloper tools- Also in Developer tools
- Keyboard-driven
- Free
- Open source
- 3
Ghostty
Fast, native terminal emulator
26FreeDeveloper tools- Also in Developer tools
- Keyboard-driven
- Free
- Open source
- 4
BBEdit
Professional text and code editor
25Free + in-appDeveloper tools- Also in Developer tools
- Keyboard-driven
- Free to start
- 5
- 6
Transmit 5
File transfer for servers and cloud storage
84SubscriptionDeveloper tools- Also in Developer tools
- 7
Zed
Code editor built for speed and collaboration
83Free + in-appDeveloper tools- Also in Developer tools
- Free to start
- Open source
- 8
Proxyman
Inspect and debug HTTP traffic
82Free + in-appDeveloper tools- Also in Developer tools
- Free to start
- 9
- 10
Tailscale
Private network across your devices
38Free + in-appDeveloper tools- Also in Developer tools
- Free to start
- 11
Cyberduck
Open-source browser for servers and cloud storage
28$23.99Developer tools- Also in Developer tools
- Open source
- 12
TablePlus
Native client for many databases
20Free + in-appDeveloper tools- Also in Developer tools
- Free to start
- 13
OrbStack
Fast Docker containers and Linux machines
16Free + in-appDeveloper tools- Also in Developer tools
- Free to start
- 14
CotEditor
Plain-text editor built for macOS
14FreeDeveloper tools- Also in Developer tools
- Free
- Open source
- 15
- 16
Frequently asked questions
- What is the best alternative to Sublime Text on Mac?
- Raycast is our top pick. It shares Developer tools with Sublime Text and has 140 upvotes from the community. iTerm2 and Ghostty are close behind.
- What is the best free alternative to Sublime Text on Mac?
- iTerm2 is the best-ranked free alternative to Sublime Text. 5 of the alternatives listed here are completely free.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Sublime Text?
- Yes. 5 alternatives are open source, including iTerm2, Ghostty and Zed.
- How many alternatives to Sublime Text are there for Mac?
- Mac App Index lists 16 apps that share a category with Sublime Text: 5 completely free, 7 free to start and 5 open source.